You’re fired: 10,000 people apply for job to have paintballs shot at them

An unusual job advert for someone to have paintballs shot at them to test their impact has attracted more than 10,000 applications from across the world. UKPaintball said it was overwhelmed at the scale of the response to its bid to employ a Human Bullet Impact Tester. The firm, which operates at 60 locations across the UK, said it had received expressions of interest for the £40,000-a-year job from as far away as India, the United States, Canada and Croatia.

We’ve had individuals hoping to secure the job including an ex-Army soldier boasting previous experience of guns and weaponry, a paintballing enthusiast who has indulged in his hobby all around the world and an ex-magician’s assistant who was once almost shot for real in an illusion that went horribly wrong.

Justin Toohig, owner of UKPaintball

Justin Toohig, owner of UKPaintball.co.uk, said: “This incredible response is the last thing we expected when we posted the advert. It’s going to be a real struggle attempting to whittle down the thousands of applicants to just one. We have been so incredibly inundated with amazing candidates wanting the job that we are now considering an X Factor-style bootcamp for the a final 10, to see just who can handle being shot for a living.”

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